[WRC] News & Rumours 2020

[wyler]

Both Neuville and Tanak to contest Rally Alba in Italy with wrc+. Sordo stepping down to r5 for that event.

[AnttiL]

Both Neuville and Tanak to contest Rally Alba in Italy with wrc+. Sordo stepping down to r5 for that event.

Originally they were supposed to have Loubet in WRC and Breen on the R5

[wyler]

Originally they were supposed to have Loubet in WRC and Breen on the R5

i think this is Rally Roma line up (plus Sordo on the wrc and devine on r5)

[AnttiL]

i think this is Rally Roma line up (plus Sordo on the wrc and devine on r5)

Nope, the factory drivers just weren't announced before, I got this one wrong and thought they replaced Loubet.

https://motorsport.hyundai.com/back-to-business/

[wyler]

Nope, the factory drivers just weren't announced before, I got this one wrong and thought they replaced Loubet.

https://motorsport.hyundai.com/back-to-business/

loubet confirmed as 3rd wrc, rumors about a 4th for an ita gentlemen driver. rumors also about another wrc team (m-sport?)

[AnttiL]

Ypres is planning a 48 hour WRC event where the recce is from Wednesday to Thursday and the shakedown is Friday morning

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/rally...pres-wrc-slot/

[denkimi]

Ypres is planning a 48 hour WRC event where the recce is from Wednesday to Thursday and the shakedown is Friday morning

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/rally...pres-wrc-slot/

I would prefer 2 long days instead of the current formula of 4 or 5 parts of a day.

Something like driving from 08h to 24h or even later. And the next day again from 08 till late in the afternoon.

[dimviii]

WRC teams closing on group test on Acropolis stages

Group test proposal first discussed last year beginning to take shape ahead of anticipated 2020 season restart

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc-t...opolis-stages/

[pantealex]

For LIVE spectator like me 4-5 days rallies suits much better, 2-days trip to foreign WRC/ERC rally just isn´t great value.

[Franky]

For LIVE spectator like me 4-5 days rallies suits much better, 2-days trip to foreign WRC/ERC rally just isn´t great value.

Agree but also there's no real clarity to what a two day event means. If it's late evening Friday start and Sunday noon finish, then quite low value for a trip abroad. Unless you include other cultural activities.

I think that a shorter rally is fine, if it's part of the whole variety. Like Monte being spread over more days than others and some being more condensed. But I'm opposed to consensing every event to 48 hour time frame.